Annual Report - National Human Rights Commission

Promotion of Human Rights Literacy and Awareness
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13.23 The objectives of the Workshop were –
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to enable the participants to understand the basic concept of gender;
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to enable them to understand the meaning, dimension, intent and impact of sexual
harassment of women at the work place;
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to familiarise them to the Supreme Court guidelines on prevention of sexual harassment
of women at the work place, constitution of a complaint mechanism and its operation; and
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the need and importance of a policy for prevention and redressal of sexual harassment at
the work place.
13.24 The Chairpersons/Members of the Complaints Committees from various Ministries/
Departments participated in the Workshop.
13.25 Awareness of, and sensitization to, the issue of trafficking, particularly its adverse impact
on the rights of women and children, is an important element on prevention. In order to inform
and educate the general public, particularly the vulnerable groups, on the problem of trafficking,
the Commission in association with the Joint Women’s Programme, a Delhi-based NGO brought
out two posters in Hindi on the theme of prevention of trafficking and disseminated the same all
over the country.
E] Para Military and Armed Forces
13.26 The para-military and armed forces are often called upon to maintain peace and law
and order in areas affected by terrorism or insurgency. Pursuant to the commission’s efforts,
the subject of human rights is now included in all of their training courses at all levels.
13.27 To encourage interaction and experience-sharing between personnel of para-military
forces and the Commission, holding of an annual debate competition, both in Hindi and English,
was started in 1998. With every passing year this debate competition has been attracting
growing and enthusiastic participation of the personnel of para-military forces, competing in
both languages.
13.28 Human rights education is also included in training courses for Para Military and Armed
Forces so as to create better awareness among officers and staff on human rights.
F] National Institute of Human Rights
13.29 The National Institute of Human Rights (NIHR) which was set up in the National Law
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